Kardemir Merkez steel plant — Türkiye

Kardemir Merkez steel plant is a steel plant in Türkiye. Its listed capacity is 3,501,000 t of steel. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels. It is operated by Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ. By capacity it ranks #7 among 18 steel plants in Türkiye. It emits about 4,367,749 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 5.3% of the CO₂e from the 94 facilities in Türkiye that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 34% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567073.

In context: how this facility compares

At 3,501,000 t of steel, Kardemir Merkez steel plant is well above the median steel plant in Türkiye (2,329,235 t of steel). Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 4,367,749 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in Türkiye

Listed capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Kardemir Karabuk Demir Çelik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AŞ. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kardemir Merkez steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 41.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1395 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #7 largest of 18 steel plants in Türkiye by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Mescier Iron and Steel Bartin plant · Steel Plant · 51,759 t CO₂
• Sanko Bartin Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,548,905 t CO₂
• Bolu Merkez Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,640,012 t CO₂
• Kazan Soda Elektrik Üretim · Chemical Plant · 1,025,332 t CO₂
• Kahramankazan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 288,057 t CO₂
• Elmadağ Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 305,683 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.18531, 32.63084. View on OpenStreetMap.

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